Monday, September 28, 2009

I've told myself I have to stop placing bids on eBay, because I have a little bit of an addiction of late. But one thing that I'm very excited to have arrive on my doorstop is this little guy:

Owning a letterpress has been on my mind for a while. I once started building a press, but had a few too many hiccups to end up with something that works. Last week I went to look at a press that I loved, but I don't have space currently for a machine that is 5 feet wide, 6 feet long, and weighs over a half ton. Unfortunately. So for now, this will be a great compromise. More functional than the homemade press but more apartment-sized for my current stage in life. Now I just have to be patient while it ships. I'm crossing my fingers that it arrives safely.

Oh, and you know what else is great? The included manual:I love that illustration.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

After moving to my new place, I had to tell my loved ones where they could find me. I threw together some moving announcements and sent them out to family members. The process went something like this:

Printing out my new address on brown paper. And no, that's not my real address.

I cut out the corners. While I'm thinking of it, please let me know in the comments if you'd like me to send you my new address. I only sent these to my immediate family.

Then I used a ruler to steady my legendarily shaky hands and made a few lines with a bone folder. Are you in the market for a bone folder? You should be. I recommend this one, from Martha.

Can you seen the pleasing line that it makes in this nice, sturdy paper? Yum.

And that line makes it easy to make a clean fold. I made four of them.

Then I closed up the card and secured it with string.See? All done.

Now, I promise to stay in this new place for a while. And I hope you come visit.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Lauren Smith and Derek Fagerstrom are living my dream life. They gave up their day jobs to own a store. They've published twobooks. They're cool, they're in love, and they are doing something they care about.